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1 Corinthians 8 · Preschool

Love Builds Up

Name Date

Color the friends building together. Love helps others grow!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”

1 Corinthians 8:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Love builds others up, like stacking blocks. How can we help a friend today?

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1 Corinthians 8 · Kindergarten

Build Up

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

LOVE
BUILD
FRIEND
GOD
But anyone who loves God is known by him.

1 Corinthians 8:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

LOVE
BUILD
FRIEND
GOD

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw friends helping each other.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for love that builds others up. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you build up a friend?
  • How many true Gods are there?

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1 Corinthians 8 · Grade 1

Love Builds Up

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

LOVE
BUILD
ONE
CARE
FRIEND
But anyone who loves God is known by him.

1 Corinthians 8:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Love builds up.
Build up friends.
There is one God.
Care for a weak friend.
Help friends do right.

Love Builds Up

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble

Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up

But anyone who loves God is known by him

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak

Draw friends helping each other.

Memory Verse

“But anyone who loves God is known by him.”

1 Corinthians 8:3 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for love that builds others up. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does love do?
  • How can you help a friend do right?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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1 Corinthians 8 · Grade 2

Think of Your Friend

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Read the Story

In Corinth, people gave food to pretend gods. Then the food was sold. Some Christians wanted to know if they could eat it.

Paul said there is only one God. A pretend god is nothing. Some Christians knew this. But some still felt bad about eating the food.

Paul said love builds up. He said to care about how a friend feels. Do not do something that makes a friend fall into wrong. Love is better than being right.

Memory Verse

“Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”

1 Corinthians 8:1 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Who did people give food to?

    LovePretend godsOne

  2. How many real Gods are there?

    Pretend godsOneLove

  3. What does love do?

    Pretend godsLoveBuilds up

  4. What should be cared about?

    How a friend feelsOneLove

  5. What is better than being right?

    Pretend godsLoveBuilds up

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

KBSLGGMEFANRTSOWCBKNOOUODWWRHYWTMESEFIITLHBKAOODWHEELKOSGOFIDREDUCTLLNGMHBYAGVLGE
  • KNOWLEDGE
  • ANYTHING
  • BROTHER
  • STUMBLE
  • WEAK
  • IDOL
  • GODS
  • FOOD

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for love that builds others up. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be gentle with a friend who thinks differently?
  • Who could you include who often gets left out?

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1 Corinthians 8 · Grade 3

Knowledge and Love

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Read the Story

In Corinth, food was often offered to idols at temples and then sold in the market. The Corinthians asked Paul if Christians could eat it.

Paul said that an idol is nothing. There is one God, the Father, and one Lord, Jesus Christ. Some believers knew this well. But others were new in their faith, and eating that food troubled their conscience.

Paul said knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. A believer should not use his freedom in a way that hurts a weaker brother. Paul said that if food made his brother stumble, he would not eat meat.

Memory Verse

“Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”

1 Corinthians 8:1 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What happened to food offered to idols?

  2. What did Paul say an idol is?

  3. What does knowledge do, and what does love do?

  4. What would Paul give up for his brother?

Love Builds Up

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

KABIFRMRWHNHROCAGESYOIOAPOALTYWDTPDKYHUSLOHSBYIEMIELEOMNKABKDSRUGROLLHGYLNLSPREGE
  • KNOWLEDGE
  • ANYTHING
  • BROTHER
  • STUMBLE
  • WEAK
  • IDOL
  • GODS
  • FOOD

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for love that builds others up. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What could become more important to you than God?
  • How can you put a friend's needs first?

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1 Corinthians 8 · Grade 4

For the Sake of a Brother

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Read and Think

Much of the meat in Corinth's markets had first been offered at pagan temples. The Corinthians asked whether believers could eat it. Some proud members said they had knowledge: idols are not real, so the food did not matter.

Paul agrees that an idol is nothing and that there is one God, the Father, and one Lord, Jesus Christ. But he warns that knowledge alone can make people proud. Love builds up. The person who loves God is known by Him.

Not everyone had this knowledge. For some newer believers, eating that food felt like worshiping the idol again, and it wounded their conscience. Paul says that hurting such a brother, for whom Christ died, is sinning against Christ. He is willing to give up meat forever rather than cause his brother to stumble.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did some proud members think the food did not matter?

  2. What is the danger of knowledge alone?

  3. Why did eating the food wound some believers' conscience?

  4. What was Paul willing to give up for his brother?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

foodknowledgeidolbrotherGod
  1. Some proud members said they had : idols are not real, so the food did not matter.
  2. Paul agrees that an is nothing and that there is one God, the Father, and one Lord, Jesus Christ.
  3. The person who loves is known by Him.
  4. For some newer believers, eating that felt like worshiping the idol again, and it wounded their conscience.
  5. Paul says that hurting such a , for whom Christ died, is sinning against Christ.

Think About It

  1. Paul says love is more important than being right. When is it wise to give up something you are free to do for the sake of someone else?

  2. How can you build up a friend who is new in his or her faith?

Memory Verse

“Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”

1 Corinthians 8:1 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for love that builds others up. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What could you gladly go without so a friend feels loved?
  • How can you use what you know to help others?

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1 Corinthians 8 · Grade 5

Knowledge Puffs Up

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Read and Think

The question of food sacrificed to idols touched daily life in Corinth. Meat sold in the market and served at social meals often came from pagan sacrifices. Some Corinthians, confident in their theology, claimed that since an idol is nothing, they were free to eat anything, even at temple banquets.

Paul grants their premise. There is no God but one: one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things. Yet he challenges their attitude. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Real knowledge is not mastery of ideas but being known by God and loving Him.

The decisive issue is the weaker brother. Some believers, used to idol worship, could not eat such food without feeling they were worshiping again. If they saw a stronger believer eating in a temple, they might be emboldened to act against their conscience and be spiritually harmed. To wound the conscience of a brother for whom Christ died is to sin against Christ. Paul concludes that he would rather never eat meat than cause his brother to stumble.

Show What You Know

  1. What claim did some confident Corinthians make?

  2. How does Paul describe real knowledge?

  3. Why could the strong believer's example harm a weaker brother?

  4. How does Paul describe wounding a weaker brother's conscience?

Crossword

12435

Across

  1. And wounding their conscience when it is ____
  2. With consciousness of an ____ until now
  3. If food causes my ____ to stumble

Down

  1. But if anyone thinks that he knows ____
  2. We know that we all have ____

Think About It

  1. Paul limits his own freedom out of love for others. Are there freedoms you might set aside so that your example helps rather than harms someone else?

  2. Paul says knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. How can a person grow in understanding of God without becoming proud?

Memory Verse

“Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.”

1 Corinthians 8:13 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for love that builds others up. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who around you might be helped by your patience?
  • How can you grow in knowledge without pride?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.